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Demographic Characteristics of Washtenaw County, Michigan, in 1860 (ICPSR 8445)

Principal Investigator(s):
Vinovskis, Maris A.

Summary:

The names and occupations of inhabitants of Washtenaw
County, Michigan, were transcribed from the 1860 Census enumerations
to construct this data collection. In addition to demographic
characteristics such as age, sex, and race, information is provided
for each individual on property value, place of birth, school
attendance, literacy, and physical or mental handicaps. The record for
each individual includes "dwelling" and "household" codes,
allowing users to analyze the data by family or by housing unit.

The names and occupations of inhabitants of Washtenaw
County, Michigan, were transcribed from the 1860 Census enumerations
to construct this data collection. In addition to demographic
characteristics such as age, sex, and race, information is provided
for each individual on property value, place of birth, school
attendance, literacy, and physical or mental handicaps. The record for
each individual includes "dwelling" and "household" codes,
allowing users to analyze the data by family or by housing unit.

Access Notes

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Dataset(s)

Study Description

Citation

Vinovskis, Maris A. Demographic Characteristics of Washtenaw County, Michigan, in 1860. ICPSR08445-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1999. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08445.v1

Scope of Study

Universe:
Population of Washtenaw County, Michigan, living in
households.

Data Type(s):
census/enumeration data

Methodology

Data Source:

Census records from 1860

Extent of Processing: ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of
disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major
statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to
these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.

Version(s)

Original ICPSR Release: 1985-12-20

Version History:

1999-04-12 SAS and SPSS data definition statements have been
prepared and are now available with this collection. Also, the
codebook has been converted to a PDF file.